‘COME FOR ME’: AOC taunts Tom Homan after DOJ referral threat over deportations
DHoman suggested Ocasio-Cortez's previous advice for migrants may have crossed a line
By Michael Dorgan Fox News
Published May 3, 2025 8:09am EDT
Queens, N.Y.: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., threw down the gauntlet to Tom Homan on Friday after the border czar previously threatened to refer her to the Justice Department for giving advice to migrants on how to avoid being deported.
Ocasio-Cortez told attendees at a Queens town hall event that she was not afraid of the immigration hard-liners’ words in the wake of her office hosting a "Know your Rights" webinar in February. Homan has suggested her actions might be illegal and may impede Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from carrying out the Trump administration's mass deportations.
"Tom Homan said he was going to refer me to DOJ because I’m using my free speech rights in order to advise people of their constitutional protections. To that I say: Come for me, do I look like I care?" Ocasio-Cortez told a cheering crowd.
Ocasio-Cortez asserted that there was "nothing illegal about it and if they want to make it illegal, they can come take me."
In February, Ocasio-Cortez’s office hosted a live webinar advising migrants in her district about their rights if they come face to face looking to deport them.
People were recommended to ask for warrants, record searches if ICE came calling and were given tips on how to differentiate between different warrants ICE agents are likely to carry.
That led to Homan suggesting the New York Democrat could be crossing a line.
"I'm working with the Department of Justice and finding out. Where is that line that they cross? So maybe AOC is going to be in trouble now," he said after the event.
"What she needs to do is read the statutes enacted by Congress… because it's a crime to enter this country illegally," the Trump border czar said separately on "Sunday Morning Futures."
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